Poor-quality medicines, including counterfeits and those with the incorrect dosage, are a “real and urgent threat” to public health, according to a collection of 17 research papers published in a prominent medical journal. So-called “fake drugs” include expired medicines, those with manufacturing defects, and bogus tablets designed to look like the real thing. … [Read more...]
How Malaria Parasites Stick to Sides of Blood Vessels
Researchers have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of blood vessels in severe cases of malaria. The discovery may advance the development of vaccines or drugs to combat severe malaria by stopping the parasites attaching to blood vessels. The results are now published in the scientific journal Nature. Though researchers have known for over a … [Read more...]